Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-05-21

base. of the induratiOn was towards th
right / could not tell whether or nc
the ball was still in him.
i Ishould Judge from what I saw
the wound that the induratIon or hare
ness that comes from inflammation, wa
to the right diagonalIy, it was nc
straight across, and it was not doWr
ward. What other physicians wei
i there? DIR. Craft aud DIR. Bailey Wer
4 the first night was here. Afterward
4 DR.. Bailey and Dr. Johnston were there
/ understood that DIR. Craft bandage
the arm and DIR. Johnston probed th
wound in the abdomen with his finger
| Cross Examination-Q You say yo
/ put the coat and vest here on q ma
about the size of Col. Hamilton. di,
you say the wound was made upol
him while he had bis arm across hi
breast? Yes sir. Assuming that til
wound had gone through the arm
would say the ball passed through hi
arm and went on through the GOAT anC
into his abdomen.
Sam Purser-On the night of th,
killing of Roderick Gambrell was OF
the gallery OF my fathers residence
just west of Mrs. Heaphy,s store.
heard one shot and then a cry O.
murder. and / jumped up and ran Il
the gate and saw some shots. thought
there were abOHt 15Or 20. am certair
that it was after the first shot heard
the cry of murder. / was sitting with
my sister and Walter Jones. Every.
thing was quiet and If there had been
a carriage passed at that time / could
have seen 1t, but / didn't see any.
think If there had been q carriage
passed would have seen it.
After the pistols began to fire / ran
out to the gate, and when the firing
ceased and Walter Jones wet down to
front of Mrs. Heaphy's stort, and
Figures was there. One man ran
around under the bridge by Me- cDonaid's Is
Foundry, and two men went over on
the bridge going east and then one OF
them turned around and came back
and beat ROderick Gambrell over the
head. The man squatted down over
him and beat him on the head with
something. The two men had gone
nearly to the east side of the bridge
when one Of them came back and beat
GambreH. / couldn't recognize him,
but / think he was low chunky man.
He went off and / then went up there
with Mr.. Carraway, Mr.. Figures and
Mr.. Fitzgerald. Then we went on the
bridge and saw Col. Hamilton and he
said lac was riding along and Mr..
Gambrell shot at him. The pistols |
saw being fired seemed to be directed
north. They sounded to me like there
was three or four pistols shooting.
Cross Examination got to the gate
before the second shot was fired. / saw
flashes from out In the road. But
didn't see any shots on the approach
of the bridge, though they looked like
they were shooting all around them,
There We're shots in the plank where
Gambrell was that must have been
shot by some one standing on the
The fellow / saw running
down from the bridge was something
like five yards west Of the bridge rum
ming from the bridge. / couldn't tell
who it was. The first time l saw
Albrecht was after the crowd gathered
| saw him coming from the east side
Of the bridge.Q Did you before the
COrOner's Jury swear that the two
men you saw directly after the shoot
ng were going from the east to the
vest? A No sir. think that report
must be a mistake. don't think thYt
my hack could have passed about lie
lime of the shooting or / would ha e
een it and heard it. / always s.e
yehicles that pass when | am on tie
gallery. Before the shooting I Lad |
;one to the old house just east of Mrs. |
1eaphy's store and got the bedding
We had lived in the old house-an / |
Ook it back into our house ana put it
u our room and opened up a lounge,
which took about two minutes, and
hen 1 walked out upon the gallery,
bout a minute before the shooting
Elias King-On the night when Mr..
tambrelI was killed, was in West |
ackson and got on the train and rode
ack on the train to where it stopped.
saw there three men, Col. Hamilton,
Ir, Albrecht and another man did
OF know come up and look in the
ain as IL looking for somebody.
The man / didn't know was heavy
It man about the size of Col. Hamii-
IN and Mr.. Albrecht, but may be
tile taller. / didn't see that mans face
OOd. They afterwards passed around
le west side of the passenger depot +
nd looked in the sitting room and |
assed on around it. That was the first
ight had been on the streets at night
ere since left here in February.
After 1 lost sight of the gentleman
nd Mr.. Carson came on down to the
awrence House and there met Mr.
and we all started east up
le street and had only got very few
cps when the shooting began;t the first
ashes / saw, which were not the first I
lat were fired, seemed to be going
We were up about Sim
ons' meat market when / saw the
lsh,
Cross Examination-We did not have
straight view, Jumped on the train
st for pleasure. / was between the
ar passenger coach and the sleeping
r. saw no one there that knew,
il, Hamilton al d the gentlemen came
ound north of the baggage room to a I
int nearly opposite me. There they |
Oked in at the windows and at the {
'ors, They stopped very short time !
Dse to me and turned around and :
snt back the way they came. / after II
ards walked around and saw all three :
them looking il the sitting room,
le reason noticed Col. Hamilton,
cause he was walking faster than I:
ual. was discharged from Col. !
amilt0n's employ for writing for :
,ture Of Jake Ackerman, who was